Book · recommended on 2 episodes
The Checklist Manifesto
Atul Gawande ISBN 0312430000
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Atul Gawande ISBN 0312430000
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This book by Atul Gawande has come up 2 times on Tim Ferriss. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Jason Calacanis, Sam Corcos. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2022-11-18 and the most recent from 2023-09-20. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist now being used in medicine, aviation, the armed services, homeland security, investment banking, skyscraper construction, and businesses of all kinds.
“Something like The Checklist Manifesto would be a really good choice for that, where it's just thinking about process.”— Sam Corcos
The guest here is Sam Corcos: Co-founder and CEO of Levels (continuous glucose monitoring company); remote-first operator who has worked with the same executive assistant, Lori, for 10 years and now uses four EAs personally. Levels CEO Sam Corcos gives Tim Ferriss a tactical guide to delegation, async work with EAs, and calendar-based time management.
“there's this book, The Checklist Manifesto, you and I are obsessed with, probably part of our kinship”— Jason Calacanis
The guest here is Jason Calacanis: Angel investor (300+ startups), Sequoia's first scout, author of Angel, and host of the This Week in Startups and All-In podcasts. Jason Calacanis tells Tim Ferriss his rise from a Brooklyn bar to media and venture success, plus the craft behind All-In.
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